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The Night the Lights Went Out

by Drew Magary

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Book of the Day, NPR · October 28, 2021

How Drew Magary rediscovered himself after 'The Night the Lights Went Out'

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A memoir by humor writer Drew Magary recounting his survival of a traumatic brain injury sustained when he collapsed and cracked his skull at a karaoke bar, and his subsequent recovery — including the permanent loss of some senses — and the challenge of rediscovering his identity post-injury.

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